| Proverbs chapter 009 |
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| 001 | 智慧建造房屋，鑿成七根柱子， | Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
| Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: |
| 002 | 宰殺牲畜，調和旨酒，設擺筵席； | She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
| She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. |
| 003 | 打發使女出去，自己在城中至高處呼叫， | She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
| She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, |
| 004 | 說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裡來！又對那無知的人說： | Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
| Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| 005 | 你們來，吃我的餅，喝我調和的酒。 | Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
| Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
| 006 | 要捨棄愚蒙（Forsake the foolish），就得存活，並要走聰明（understanding）的道。 | Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
| Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |
| 007 | 指斥褻慢人的，必受辱罵；責備惡人的，必被玷污。 | He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
| He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
| 008 | 不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。 | Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
| Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. |
| 009 | 教導智慧人，他就越發有智慧；指示義人，他就增長學問。 | Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in
learning.
| Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. |
| 010 | 敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者便是聰明。 | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
| The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. |
| 011 | 你藉著我，日子必增多，年歲也必加添。 | For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
| For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. |
| 012 | 你若有智慧，是與自己有益；你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。 | If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
| If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| 013 | 愚昧的婦人喧嚷；他是愚蒙，一無所知。 | A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
| A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. |
| 014 | 他坐在自己的家門口，坐在城中高處的座位上， | For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
| For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
| 015 | 呼叫過路的，就是直行其道的人， | To call passengers who go right on their ways:
| To call passengers who go right on their ways: |
| 016 | 說：誰是愚蒙人，可以轉到這裡來！又對那無知的人說： | Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
| Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| 017 | 偷來的水是甜的，暗吃的餅是好的。 | Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
| Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
| 018 | 人卻不知有陰魂在他那裡，他的客在地獄（hell）的深處。 | But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guest are in the depths of hell.
| But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. |
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